Technology
Canadian Geospatial Briefing Dec 13: 1. Mobilizing Data in Medicine; 2. Carbon Sequestration in Mushkegowuk Peatlands; 3. New High-Resolution DEMs; 4. Google Maps Holiday Trends; 5. Maps of Pre-colonial Canada; 6. Ottawa Maps Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Access; 7. 2021 Atlas of Canada World Map
Cloud DX is Using a Virtual Care Platform to Help Patients Get Better Sooner The Kitchener-based startup has partnered with…
International Geospatial Briefing Dec 6: 1. GPR Painting New Pictures of the Past; 2. Satellite Imagery to Support Clean Water for All; 3. Summer Heat and Environmental Inequality in Albuquerque; 4. Remote Sensing Keeping an Eye on Deforestation; 5. Educating a Skilled Geospatial Workforce in Somalia; 6. Announcing The Virtual Subsurface Utility Mapping Strategy Forum Conference
Ground Penetrating Radar Providing New Insights for Archaeologists New applications of ground penetrating radar (GPR) are allowing archaeologists to gain…
Detecting Land Deformation Related to Hydraulic Fracturing
Fracking in North America The link between hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and earthquakes has been well-established in studies throughout North…
Canadian Geospatial Briefing Nov 29: 1. Mapping Canada’s carbon landscape; 2. Satellite images of Flood in BC; 3. Royal Canadian Geographical Society awards; 4. High-speed internet for rural communities by asset-mapping; 5. Plant health beyond the naked eye
Mapping Canada’s carbon landascape WWF-Canada has conducted new research with the lead of McMaster University’s Remote Sensing Lab scientists to…
Alternate GPS/GNSS/PNT – Orolia
Positional continuity, precise and traceable time, testing and simulation—key elements of multi-layered alternate PNT solutions. What is Alt PNT? What…
Modernizing the Grid with Digital Twins
Transmission network modernization features prominently in infrastructure expansion and upgrade funding packages. Two geospatial leaders in grid design and management…
International Geospatial Briefing Nov 22: 1. Two million square km of the seafloor mapped. 2. Importance of marine geospatial data. 3. Using smartphones to map road potholes. 4. Into the metaverse. 5. The Geography of Mysteries. 6. Mapping our human footprint.
NOAA Ocean Exploration Meets Major Mapping Milestone on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reached…
Canadian Geospatial Briefing Nov 15: 1. UK and Canada Space Agencies Sign MOU on Joint Activities; 2. Canadian Flood Maps; 3. Bell and ESRI Canada: Integrated Smart City Ecosystems; 4. Government of Canada Supports Canadian Satellite-Based Emissions Detection System; 5. ‘What3Words’ App in Search & Rescue
UK and Canada Space agencies sign MOU on joint activities and information sharing The UK Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency have signed…
Accuracy and Precision [Part II]: Identify GIS Data Inconsistency: Examples From Toronto’s Open Data Portal
This article is the second part of the accuracy and precision series, which discusses data characteristics, examples of data inconsistency…
International Geospatial Briefing Nov 8: 1. ESA Satellites to Track Greenhouse Gases; 2. Tracking Worldwide Food Insecurity; 3. Next-Generation Navigation Systems; 4. Cancer-Causing Air Pollution in the U.S.; 5. Smart Building Technology Post COVID-19; 6. Remote Monitoring of Construction Projects
European Satellite Constellation to Track Greenhouse Gas Emissions During the U.N Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow last week, the…
Pay-As-You-Go High Precision GNSS
A unique GNSS hardware and software-as-a-service (SaaS) combination provides very affordable high-precision—on an as-needed basis The Trimble DA2 + Catalyst…
Canadian Geospatial Briefing Nov 1st: 1. Canadians buying homes in climate change danger zones 2. Light pollution from satellites 3. Remote Sensing benefits P.E.I. farmers 4. Ottawa’s heat map 5. Lungs delivered by drone
Canadians are unknowingly buying homes in climate change danger zones, report finds Canadians are buying homes, unaware of the areas’…
